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Description: | Margaret Clark lived in Clapham during Second World War. During the bombing raids, she used to shelter in Clapham North Underground station with her family.
At first, the government had tried to discourage people from sheltering on the Underground. It was keen to keep the transport and communication networks running. However, the people of London instinctively sought shelter there when the air raids began.
At first, people simply slept on the floors close to the entrances. They even slept on the escalators. When the bombings began to get worse, conditions in the stations became overcrowded and dangerous. The government realised that it needed to provide proper facilities. Eight deep-level shelters were built adjacent to tube stations, each capable of holding 8,000 people. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | London at War | Temporal: | 1940-1949 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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